Mike Read
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Michael David Kenneth Read is an English radio disc jockey, writer, journalist and television presenter. Read has been a broadcaster since 1976, best known for having been a DJ with BBC Radio 1, and television host for music chart series Top of the Pops, children's programme Saturday Superstore and music panel game Pop Quiz. He is also a prolific author, having written over 50 books, including his autobiography, Seize the Day. Read currently hosts The Heritage Chart Show on various radio stations and Talking Pictures TV. He also co-hosts The Footage Detectives with Talking Pictures TV founder Noel Cronin.
Known For
Filmography
The Footage Detectives
TV · 37 eps
George Michael: Got to Have Faith
Movie · as Self
George Michael: Easy to Pretend
Movie
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
Movie · as Himself
When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Coach Trip
TV · as Self · 15 eps
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Movie · as (archival footage)
Trials and Tribulations
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
TV · 1 ep
Cash in the Celebrity Attic
TV · as Self · 1 ep
It Started with Swap Shop
Movie · as Self
Hell's Kitchen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Terry and Gaby Show
TV · 1 ep
Bo' Selecta!
TV · 1 ep
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
TV · as Self · 9 eps
Top of the Pops: The True Story
Movie · as Self
I Love 1980's
TV · 1 ep
I'm Your Number One Fan
Movie · as Himself
Multi-Coloured Saturdays
Movie
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
8:15 from Manchester
TV · 1 ep
Cluedo
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Only Fools and Horses
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Pop Quiz
TV · 47 eps
Top of the Pops
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 1 ep